NL25 - QQ and an ace appears on the flop

[Ironic]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG ($24.40)
UTG+1 ($18.15)
MP1 ($21.40)
MP2 ($24.50)
CO ($45.40)
Hero ($26.45)
SB ($34.80)
BB ($5)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, SB calls $0.90, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $0.75.

Flop: ($3.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, SB folds, MP2 calls $2.

Turn: ($7.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3.5</font>, MP2 calls $3.50.

River: ($14.50) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $14.50
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Table is tight hence my lowish pf raise, I had KK the previous hand and everyone folded to a $1.5 pf raise. Mistake?

What is the ideal way to play this hand?

[Knightsridge]

I check behind on the river but I think you are good here.

Very rarely will someone check the river hoping for a check raise.

I would have made it $1.25 preflop though. That way your flop bet could be bigger if no K or A appears.

[leatangclan]

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Table is tight hence my lowish pf raise, I had KK the previous hand and everyone folded to a $1.5 pf raise. Mistake?

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I know what you mean and I have done that from time to time as the table would fold to my AA raise. Then another good hand comes along and I would make a smaller raise and get myself in the same situation you were in.

So now I generally make the proper raise no matter what. I think it's better off winning smaller than losing bigger. Anyway, MP2 could be calling with Ax, or a FD. The way MP2 played smelled like Ax. Other than the small PF raise, I thought your post flop play was fine. I can't fault you for betting the turn 1/2 pot to keep the pot small. Somehow I think MP2 probably turned over A9 or something like that.

[AlexB182]

Raise PF 1.25 as mentionend before. In general, I m not a fan of varying my bet sizes too much, I raise the same amount with AA that I raise with 65s and I keep raising the same amounts even when I had like 4 good hands in a row.

Rest of the hand is played fine, I guess you won and he showed an K high flush draw here...Just playing a little guessing game here of course!

[Ironic]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Leatangclan is bang on actually. A9 it was. I play a tight pre flop game so the villain might have wondered if he was outkickered. Tbh I think he was hoping for a $5 river bet which he could re-raise but things didn't work out for him. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[AlexB182]

Maybe leatangclan is MP2... [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[RapidEvolution]

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Maybe leatangclan is MP2... [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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lol awesome. I've been in the same spot too, but I think consistency is even more important when you catch a few in a row. I think that it lends more credibility to the idea that you're just stealing from a tight table and somoene will look you up. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]